The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-02-17
RAIN AND WIND
Impede Railroad Traffic and Do Great
Damage.
Travel on the Valley and Cleveland q Cam
ton Railroads Almost at standstiII
TO-day--D Damage in the City
and Country,

A terrific rain and wind storm sweDt
over this section Of the State, not omit
ting Canton, Thursday night. IN addi-
tion to this the heavy rains OF the past
few days and the thawing Of the ground
swelled the streams 30 great that much
OF the adj AGENT territory Is now under
water, and many bridges and culverts
have been swept away. At IL o'clock
Thursday night the eighteen foot,
'lngle span, wooden bridge, Of the
Cleveland & Canton Railroad, at
Miles avenue, near Newburgh. was
swept away by the high waters of Tink-
ers' creek, over which the bridge was
built. At other places along the line Of
the road washOUts have occurred and
the wrecking crew of the road Is busy
at work repairing the damage. The men
have been at work all night and at one
o'clock to-day Roadmaster Kennedy,
who is with the crew, wired Master Of
transportation Meyer here that he ex-
pected to have the road passable by this
evening. This mornings accommodation
train from Bedford to Cleveland could
not run, nor could the morning sOutt.
ward train leave Cleveland. Trains
were made up here this morning and
sent out on schedule time to Slerrcds-
Vile and COshOctOn. Whether trains
Will be run between Cleveland and Can
ton this evening is doubtful. At 1870
o'clock this afternoon the telegraph
wire was blown down between Canton
and Cleveland. Lineman Peter Vliet
started out to hunt up the break.
THE VALLEY RAILWAY,
The Valley Railway is badly handi-
capped by heavy WashOuts between In
dependence and Cleveland. The north
bound trains, which left here this morn
Ing and noon, are now lying at Akron,
and will return here this evening, one
at . and the other at o'clock. A trans
fer cannot be established on account Of
the number of the breaks II
is not likely that a through train
will be run between Canton and
Cleveland for the next twenty.fOur and
possibly forty eight hours. As fast as
possible the damage is being repaired.
TRAIN GOES DOWN.
The simple report reached here to day
that passenger train No. A. night ex
press, on the G. & P. when going east at
an early hour this morning was landed
In Tinker's creek, between Newbury
and Bedford, the bridge having been
washed away by the food Of last night.
Beside the fact that no lives we're lost,
no details have been given. Heavy
wa3hOuts south of Alliance are reported
and up to noon no trains have run on
the c. & P. road.
IN TOWN AND OUT.
The storm did great damage in the
| ANnnfFu tFnna nnFOntoh fonnnd
blown down, houses and barns unrOofed,
| etc.
The roof of the big bank barn Of Mr..
Ephraim HOssler, living four miles
northeast of the city on the Harrisburg
road, was blown off. The chlmneys
were blown from the residence Of Mr..
Will Smith, living In the same neigh
borhOOd.
Great damage was done by the blow
Ing down Of fruit trees, especially apple
trees.
There Is no impediment In the traffic
on the Ft. Wayne road to-day, although
the noon train west was over an hour
late.
At noon to-day the tall hickory, DEM
Ocrstlc pole, erected In 1884 In honor of
the election of President Cleveland, on
North Cherry street, In front Of the
Turner Hall, snapped In twain where 1t
was spllced and fell with heavy crash
upon the adjoining saloon and residence
of Mr.. John Engelbsrdt, considerably
damaging the property.
The wind to- day blOwed the man used
as cigar sign, In front of VIM. Bells
store, of the pedestal. and the cOnse-
Quence was fractured skull, caused by
coming severely In contact with the
pavement.
WHERE ARE THE POLICEMEN?
Tie Canton night patrOlmen and Mar
shsl Schlagle left on this mornings
COnnOtt0n train for Cleveland, to attend
the funeral Of the late detective Hulll-
gan. The train did not get beyond Bed
ford, and whether they reached CleVe-
land In time for the funeral is not
known. A graver query is, whether the
men will be able to reach Canton In
time for duty tonight. In the absence
Of the Mayor, his clerk, Mr.. Harry Rex,
said that In case the policemen failed to
reach here, force Of specials would
be sworn In for temporary duty. Moth.
ing has yet been heard from the police.
men.
A special dispatch from Cleveland
gives the facts In the case as follows:
Friday night, south bound passenger
train, No. AZ, on the Cleveland & Pitts
burg railroad had its engine 6itched by
running into a washout at the abut-
ment of a bridge, one and one half miles
south of NeWburgh. Fortunately no
one was iJjared.
AT PITTSBURG.
An extremely heavy rain storm
accompanied by thunder and lightning
delug cd the city last evening. 1t com.
menced about o'clock and poured in
cesssntly until 8 o'clock. The streets
were fl lOded. Some damage was done.
On Brady street, near Forbes, the side
walk caved in, near where sewer
burst some time ago. Part of the street
crossing In front Of the Fifth avenue
market house also caved in In Brad
dock all the cellars and some of the
stores at the junction Of AlleQuipps and
Verona streets we're flooded. causing
considerable damage. The effect on the
rivers was not very noticeable, they
were rising but slowly at midnight. A
tcold wave which is coming will likely
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